Broom-holder.



P. HENZEl WxTNEssEs INVENTOR @im MM;

'IE STATES PATE OFFICE.

PAUL HENZE, OF KAMSACK, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

BROOIVI-HOLDER.

To all ifi/0m t 'may concern Be it known that I, IAun IInNZn, oil" thevillage ot' Kamsack, in the .lrovince of Saskatchewan, Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-I-Iolders, ofwhich the following is the specification.

The invention relates to a broom holder and the object of the inventionis to provide an inexpensive simply constructed device of this class inwhich a broom can be placed and locked thereby preventing the broom frombeing stolen or taken away.

With the above object in view the invention consists essentially in aback plate provided with a pair of connected side wings and a pair oflugs, a spring hasp carried by the lugs and provided with a slot andcross opening and a lock for securing the hasp to the arms, the partsbeing arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularlydescribed.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View el my device showing it as itappears when in use. Fig. 2 is a side view olE the same.

In the drawing like characters of re'lerence indicate correspondingparts in. each figure.

1 represents a back plate supplied with a pair of opposing side wings Qand 3 having their ends brought together centrally and fastened by arivet Ll, the extremities of the wings being supplied with registeringopenings 5 for a purpose later explained. The back plate is alsosupplied with an opposing pair ot similar lugs G and 't located abovethe wings and has also a number of vertically alined and centrallylocated openings 8 therein, 'for the reception ot' screws 9 which screwsfasten the plate permanently to a wall or such like structure.

10 is a spring hasp having the upper end thereof pivotally secured tothe lugs by a cross bolt 11 and the lower end thereof supplied with aslot 12 arranged when the hasp is thrown down to receive the extremitiesof the wings. A circular opening 3 is formed in the body of the haspcentrally which opening is in diameter slightly larger than the diameteroit' the usual broom handle.

111 is a padlock having the locking rod 15 thereof adapted to passthrough the open ings 5 in the wings.

When the device is to be used the padlock is undone and the hasp isswung 'from the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled February 19, 1913.

Patented Mar. 10, 19111. Serial No. 749,394.

wings. The handle 1G ot' the broom 17 is then passed into and throughthe opening 13 and the hasp is then pressed down over the extremities ofthe wings and the locking rod 15 oi the padlock is inserted in theopenings 5 and locked. It is here pointed ont that as the hasp is swungdown 1t l)ams against and bites into the opposite sides of the broomhandle, this el'ecting in reality the locking of the broom in theholder. One can, easily slide the broom handle upwardly but ol courseowing to the broom it cannot be removed from the holder in this way. Ifone attempt to pull the handle down it will not move as the edges of thehasp at the sides oit the opening 13 simply bite harder into the sidesot the handle.

It will be noted that when in the holder the broom handle passesdirectly across the screws 9 so that one would have considerabledijtliculty in renioving even the screws if they attempted to steal boththe holder and the broom.

'What I claim as my invention is 1. A broom holder comprising a suitablysupported back plate provided with a pair of extending and connectedside wings, a hasp pivotally secured to the back plate and having acentrally disposed opening therein adapted to receive the handle of abroom and means l'or locking the hasp to the wings, as and lor thepurpose specified.

2. .i broom holder connirising a suitably supported back plate havingl apair oil opposing similar lorwardly turned and connected side wings, ahasp pivotally secured lo the back plate at a point above the wings,Isaid hasp being provided with a centrally disposed opening' adapted toreceive the handle ot a broom and relcasable means :for securing thehasp to the forward extremities nl the side wings, as and 'lor thepurpose specified.

A broom holder comprising a back plate provided with a pair of opposingsimilar side wings bent forwardly to the front o'l the plate andconnectcifl one to the other there being registering openings formed inthe extremities of the wings, a spring hasp pivotally secured to thebody o1 the plate at a point above the wings, said hasp being providedwith a centrally disposed opening adapted to receive the handle of abroom and having .further a slot formed in one end thereof adapted toreceive the extremities of the wings and releasable locking meansinsert'ible Within the registering l openings of the Wings, as and forthe purpose specified.

fi. A broom holder comprising a suitably supported back plete having apair of similar opposing side Wings extending for- Wardly therefrom andriveted together in advance of the plate, the extremities of the Wingsbeing supplied with registering openings, opposing lugs located abovethe Wings and extending from the plate, a spring hztsp pivotell7 securedto the lugs and having a,

centrally disposed opening therein adapted t0 receive the handle of abroom and provided further at one end with a slot adapted to receive theextremities of the Wings and a padlock for securing the hasp to theWings, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Kmnsaok this 23rd day of September 1912.

PAUL HENZE.

In the presence of* F. W. STEVENSON, W. W. DELL.

impos of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

